Arsenal will be one of the main beneficiaries from a lucrative new deal struck by a powerful Qatari group.
The 2023-24 campaign was Arsenal’s first in the Champions League for seven seasons, with Mikel Arteta‘s side reaching the quarter-final stage on their return.
They will have banked around £78.5m for their exploits in the competition. And that figure will rise if they reach the same stage next season, thanks to UEFA’s new expanded Champions League format.
Some teams, however, will have earned as much as £18m for their participation in the tournament due to the nature of UEFA’s distribution system.
And it is that same system that means Arsenal are set to take home a big chunk of UEFA’s latest TV deal.
Arsenal to profit from £200m broadcast deal
As reported by SportBusiness, the Qatari broadcaster BeIn has struck a deal to air the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League from next season to 2026-27 in its Asian territories.
The deal will be worth at least £200m annually and £600m over the course of the three-year contract, with the cash distributed among clubs participating in the three competitions.
Clubs are given a flat participation fee plus cash for their performance throughout the competition, but the majority of the income is dished out through a coefficient system and a market pool.
Here, Arsenal benefit from the value of the UK’s broadcast deal to air the Champions League as well as the wider upsurge in the competition’s commercial rights.
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How UEFA calculate Arsenal’s pay-out
Arsenal are currently 15th in the 10-year club coefficient ranking, so will bank around £15m from that pot next season, subject to UEFA announcing reforms to the distribution system.
They will also earn a sizable chunk of the market pool pot, which is distributed according to a club’s national TV deal for the Champions League rights.
For Arsenal, that kitty will be worth around £14m, with an uptick thanks to BeIn’s new and improved deal with UEFA.